March 4, 2005, Friday

For Giants receiver Tim Carter, a long and painful season has come to an end. For receiver Ike Hilliard, it just gets longer. The Giants placed Carter on injured reserve Friday after a string of minor concussions did not clear up. Carter left two...

December 13, 2003, Saturday

Over the middle is as much an attitude as it is an area of a football field. It's a place that separates the fearless from the merely adventurous. It's the domain of linebackers and safeties with territorial issues. Offensive players cross through at...

June 4, 2003, Wednesday

Ike Hilliard had said for months that he wanted to stay with the Giants, but there was some doubt in the organization about whether this was really the case. The agent Tank Black had stolen money from Hilliard when Hilliard first signed with the...

March 3, 2003, Monday

A couple of the Oakland Raiders insist they will never again play alongside center Barret Robbins, in the aftermath of the Super Bowl XXXVII blowout, and undoubtedly, some of his teammates will never forgive him. This was the biggest game most of...

November 12, 2002, Tuesday

Tim Carter could not have known that his catch would mean so much, that a 27-yard grab on fourth-and-17 in the second quarter tonight would do more than move chains. With that catch -- an athletic grab in which he used most of his 39-inch vertical...

November 4, 2002, Monday

Ike Hilliard found peace of mind this season, moving beyond worries about past injuries, an agent who robbed him and a rancorous relationship with the Giants. He was playing perhaps the best football of his career, a few months before he was eligible...